Stillwater · Clay · North West / Cheshire

Clay Lane Farm Fishery

Clay Lane Farm Fishery terrain map

Two-acre private, secluded lake at Knolls Green/Mobberley between Wilmslow, Alderley Edge and Knutsford; noted for variety of trout species (brown, rainbow, golden, blue, brook and tiger), usually fished on a floating line, with on-site instruction.

Fair · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Clay Lane Farm Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence
What moved it
  • WindNW 12 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 12 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp19°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Clay Lane Farm Fishery. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
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Trout seasonSeason
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

Other water nearby · 5
About this water

Two-acre private, secluded lake at Knolls Green/Mobberley between Wilmslow, Alderley Edge and Knutsford; noted for variety of trout species (brown, rainbow, golden, blue, brook and tiger), usually fished on a floating line, with on-site instruction. (Golden trout present but outside the canonical fly-species slug list.)

  • Fishery
  • Clay
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April30 September
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